Device for the protection of bank-tellers and bankers.



A. A. SHAW.

nEvlcE Foa THE PRoTEcnoN 0E BANK TELEERs AND BANKERS.

u APPLICATION FILED IAN- 25, |915. f u) 1,1 99,?1 8., PmeniimIwp. :KEI19m Z SHEEI`S--SIIEET 2.

AENEAS'ANDREW SHAW, OF VICTORIA, BJ'LTE'SH COLUMBIA, CANADA.

DEVICE FORTHEPRTECTIQN OE' BANK-TELLEJELS AND BANKERS.

' Application filed January 5, l. Serial No. 391.

-My invention is designed for the protec--lA l tion of bank tellers fromattacks by persons attempting to rob banks and for the protection ofbankers from losses occasioned by robberies, such that by the pushing ofa foot trip beneath the counter a steel ,sheet is released and raised bymeans of springs to a position immediately in front of the teller and asthe said steelsheet is raised an electric bell is rung togive Warning.

The. objects of my `invention are, first, to protect the lives .of thoseemployed as tellers in banks and other places where large sums of moneyare being handled andfwhicli are liable to be attacked by personsintending to r0b,by makingitimpossible for them to shoot theteller; andsecondly, to protect the bank ers from the loss .of large sums of moneyv practice.

caused by such robberies, by'inaking it inipossible for personsintending to rob to force the teller at thepoint oi a gun to give up themoney at hand; and, thirdly, to afford a facility for the police tocapture siich robberthe ringing of the electric bell giving Warning, theelectrical circuit for which being completed by the raising of theaforesaid steel sheet.

In the accompanying drawings l have shown how my said invention may becon veniently and advantageously carried into Figure 1, is a verticalsection of the back View of the entire device when the steel sheet israised; Fig. 2, a top View of the device as it appears after the removalof the counter top, the sheet being sectioned; Fig. 3, a sectional viewof the device when the steel sheet is down; Fig.' 4, a detail View inperspective or' the foot trip before the steel rsheet is released; Fig.5, a detail Iview in perspective of the foot trip when the steel sheetis released; Fig. G, a detail View in perspective of the slide throughwhich the leg projecting from l. steel sheet and the spring passes.

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the steel sheet :eaten/tea sept. ac, 191e;

A, is the steel sheet which is pulled doWn through the counter w bymeans of the rope T which is hooked `onto the hook andlplate' VF andwhich passes through a hole in the licor 1/ through the pulleys R andup'through a hole .in the floor i/ and hooked oiito the hook M. The ropeT is then' tightened and Apulled down by placing the dog d on theratchet Wheel V and vat the saine time placing the dog al1 on theratchet Wheel X and operating the lever e torotate the drum b until thesteel sheet A is lowered so that the cap C is level with the top of thecounter tu. The steel sheet A is then kept in position (as shown in Fig.3) by means o l 'the foot trip (shown in Figs. 4 and 5), li`ig. l showsthe trip which is operated by moving the lever L backward or forward;

F. The dog t and the dog d1 are then released and the rope T slackened.l

'llo release the steel sheet A from its positioii as shown in Fig. 3,and restoreit to its position as in Fig. l;

push button f', thus connecting theelectric p D the lever L isy vpushedwith the toot thus drawing theplate current between the battery p andthe electric bell n., causing said bell to ring.

G, are steel guide plates fastened on the lowcr side of counter-top w,one on each side or' steel .sheet A for the purpose of strengthening thesaid counter top after a slot has been made in it to allow .thesteelsheet A to be operated through it.

Four iron rods H extend through the floor g/ secured thereto by a nutabove the floor and one below, and are connected to the plate G by a nutabove the plate G counter-sunk into the underside counter top. -w and byanother nut `on the lower side of the said plate G.

t, is an iron plate counter-sunk into the Hoor and through which andtheleg D passes.

There is a spring E at each angle of the steel sheet A.

of the the springs E fastened by means of ahook tothe plate Gr and theother end is fastened to the leg D at K by means of a small bolt.

C, is a brass plate'fastened to the top 5 edge of the steel sheet A andfor which a recess is cut in the top o1c the counter w, thus when thesaid steel sheet A is lowered as in Fig. 3, the top of the counter w is*perfectly smooth. The legs D extend 10 through .the floor g/ when thesteel sheet A the floor 2/ and having nuts Z screwed on them below thefloor y.

The drum and attachments may be placed in any convenient place in thebuilding and need not be near the tellers counter as it is only used tolower the steel sheet A but the pulleys R would have to be so arrangedbeneath the floor that the rope T would comev up through the floor,imnie diately beneath the drum t.

The electric bell 'n may be placed on the outside of the building andmay be of such deems In a protective apparatus for,v banks and I thelike1 the combination of a support having yan elongated slot, a plateslidably mounted in said slot, said plate having substantially parallelrods extending from one edge of said plate, guide plates for said rods,tension springs connected at one end to the support and at the other endto the outer ends ot said rods, guide rods on opposite sides of saidplate connected to said support, means for moving said plate in onedirection against the tension of the springs to a position so that theedge of the plate is flush with the support, means for locking thepl`ate`in this position and means for releasing said locking' means.

Dated this l8tl1 day of January, 1915.

AENEAS ANDREW SHAW. Signed in the presence olf-',- v

J. A. AiKMAN, F. L. SHAW.

